Senior CFD Combustion Engineer
Job in
Northern, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
Listed on 2026-10-11
Listing for:
Caterpillar Brazil
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-11
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Process Engineer, Mechanical Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Mossville, Illinois:
Full time:
Posted Today:
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** Career Area:
** Engineering
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* Job Description:
**** Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
** When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live.
Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
** About IPSD
** Caterpillar’s
** Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD)
** designs, tests and manufactures 0.5 to 18L engines that not only power Caterpillar machines, but also power over 5000 other applications including Marine, Petroleum, Industrial Applications, Electric Generators, and Locomotives. Caterpillar’s company strategy includes sustainability as one of four focus areas and IPSD is engaged and actively preparing green energy solutions for the future.
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* Job Summary:
** The Senior CFD Combustion Engineer on the IPSD-L Thermo-Fluids Team is primarily an individual contributor role. This engineer will be accountable for contributing to the identification, complex analysis, and resolution of problems in combusting Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), for which the incumbent is beginning to build a reputation as an expert. The major focus of the job is on technical delivery.
In this role you will collaborate with design, simulation, test, and platform teams to analyze and optimize combustion systems. The engineer in this role will also champion existing simulation best practices and new tools/processes to continuously improve simulation efficiency. Finally, this engineer will provide mentoring and indirect leadership to internal and external team members.
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* What You Will Do:
*** Partners with component and platform design teams to evaluate and optimize the combustion systems to meet customer and emissions requirements.
* Ensure timely and quality boundary conditions for downstream analysis including Head & Block FEA and Piston simulations.
* Leverage technical expertise and engine system understanding to troubleshoot issues through combusting CFD simulation.
* Contribute to the continuous improvement of combusting CFD simulation best practices, which includes leading iModel projects to close critical gaps, improving accuracy and reducing throughput time.
* Communicate technical information in a concise and accurate manner.
* Manage multiple priorities and multiple customers at the same time.
* Demonstrate initiative and customer service.
** Degree Requirement
** Masters in engineering with at least 5 years of industrial combusting CFD analysis experience, or PhD with a minimum of 2 years experience.
** Expertise Requirements:
*** Direct injection sprays and spray-wall interaction
* Combustion: including kinetics, emissions and soot
* Non-diesel combustion
* Transient simulations (i.e. pulsed flow engine simulations, cycle-to-cycle variations, etc)
* DOE methodology and execution; optimizing combustion performance
* Combustion wall heat transfer
* Testing or experimental experience
* Cross-functional teamwork; providing recommendations to design and test engineers
* Non-reacting CFD and tools (e.g. OpenFOAM, ANSYS Fluent, etc)
* Significant peer reviewed papers in leading journals
** What
You Will Have:
**** Accuracy and Attention to Detail**:
Understanding the necessity and value of accuracy; ability to complete tasks with high levels of precision.
* Evaluates and makes contributions to best practices.
* Processes large quantities of detailed information with high levels of…
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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